Rick Wakeman Announces Vinyl Christmas Release Featuring William Shatner

Rick Wakeman has announced a four-song vinyl Christmas four-song release titled Silent Night via Cleopatra Records.

The limited-edition release, available for pre-order here , is set to come in two color editions, red and silver, each limited to 85 copies apiece. It contains the legendary Yes keyboardist’s renditions of four classic Christmas classics, and features 95-year-old Star Trek star and budding metal musician William Shatner on vocals for the closing track “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”

In addition to the song with Shatner, the rest of the release is rounded out by the title track, “Hark the Herald Angel Sings,” and “Christians Awake Salute the Happy Morn,” and features an etching on side B.

Rick Wakeman is currently preparing for a December 6th performance in Portsmouth, UK, preceding a full tour of the UK to begin February 2027. Get tickets here .

Meanwhile, fellow former Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes has also announced a Christmas release via Cleopatra Records. Titled Linus and Lucy, it includes a cover of Pink Floyd’s “One of these Days” featuring Bootsy Collins, Carmine Appice, and Steve Stevens.

A third release from Cleopatra Records is a new pressing of Hawkwind spinoff project Hawkestrel’s SpaceXmas collection featuring 12 Christmas classics performed in Hawkwind’s acclaimed space rock style.

See the album artwork and tracklisting for all three Christmas prog releases below.

Silent Night Tracklist: 01. Hark the Herald Angels Sing 02. Silent Night 03. Christians Awake Salute the Happy Morn 04. O Come, O Come Emmanuel feat. William Shatner

Linus and Lucy Tracklist: 01. Linus and Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas Theme) 02. Pulstar 03. One Of These Days feat Jyrki 69, Steve Stevens, Bootsy Collins, Carmine Appice 04. Over Again, The Prog Collective feat. Richard Page, Geoff Downes

SpaceXmas Tracklist: 01. Oh Holy Night 02. We Three Kings 03. It’s A Wonderful (Funny Old) Life 04. Silent Night 05. Seasons 06. Little Drummer Boy 07. Für Kirsty 08. Ein Weihnachliches Lustobjekt 09. O Come All Ye Faithful 10. Jingle Bells 11. Hallelujah 12. Twelve Daze Of Drinxmas